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Originally Posted by Celestial Mechanic
When was the last time you saw a commercial for Microsoft Windows? They usually only run them when a new version comes out. Now if commercials for Ubuntu or SuSE or Red Hat/Fedora Linux ever started running with regularity, you can bet the folks in Redmond would start cranking up the FUD-machine. (FUD=Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.)
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That's also because the bulk of their direct sales are in the first few months of a release. More importantly, most people get their new OS when they get their new computer, and that's pretty much about all they ever do with it. The price of an OS is such that you don't need the kinds of sales figures that video games do to have a successful retail run. At $400, give or take, you'd have to sell 8 times as many $50 games to match.
Then finally, its Microsoft. The company that runs over 90% of all machines on the planet. They're ubiquitous.